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A doctor who gave a patient a vasectomy by mistake at a Merseyside hospital will be allowed to continue to practise, a medical panel rules.

Charities say NHS England's "eleventh hour decision to pull the plug" on game-changing HIV prevention drugs is leaving people at risk.

A lesbian couple who have been unable to get free fertility treatment in Northern Ireland say they are being indirectly discriminated against because of their sexuality.

Targets for A&E waiting times are missed again, as ministers say departments were "busier than ever" in February.

Adults in England have cut their average salt consumption by nearly a gram in the last decade, but at 8g per day it is still above the recommended 6g for good health, figures reveal.

South Korea says it has diagnosed its first case of the Zika virus, in a man who had recently returned from Brazil.

People in England at risk of type-2 diabetes are to be offered healthy-lifestyle support by the NHS to help them prevent the condition developing.

The only recommendation of the inquiry into contaminated blood products has still not been implemented, according to lawyers representing victims.

Patients with prostate cancer in England will now have early access to a drug that can delay the need for chemotherapy.

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Chinese citizens react with alarm at news of a massive illegal vaccine operation uncovered in Shandong province, said to involve hundreds of people.

Rules to make sure there are enough nurses at work in hospitals should be extended, the Welsh Liberal Democrats will say on Monday.

A confidential whistleblowing line for NHS staff in Scotland has been extended for a year.

'I nearly died in a medical drug trial'

Over the past two decades, Taiwan has learned how best to help those affected by disasters not only return to a normal life, but also deal with the psychological impact.

People who contracted hepatitis C through infected blood transfusions in Scotland will get increased financial support, Scottish ministers announce.

Parents of children with type 1 diabetes criticise the sugar tax

Guinea confirms two new Ebola cases, almost three months after it celebrated the end of the outbreak.

Health and education will be squeezed by more than £1bn because of changes to the way public sector pensions are funded, figures seen by the BBC show.

GPs could spend longer with their patients if physiotherapists worked alongside them at their surgery, says the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

People with autism are dying earlier than the general population, often through epilepsy or suicide, a charity warns.

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As the government introduces a tax on sugary drinks, one girl explains how being obese affected her childhood.

The BBC's Robert Pigott visits Hallfield Primary in Central London where children are joining in a campaign encouraging them to run a mile a day.

Father Simon Maceachen, who gave part of his liver to his four-year-old son, Harry, has said they are both doing well after the transplant.

How bold is the sugar tax?

Stimulating the brain with electrical current can help improve recovery after a stroke, research from the University of Oxford suggests.

People who cycle, walk or catch the train or bus to work keep more weight off than commuters who travel by car, a large UK study has found.

A public health bill which included a ban on e-cigarette use in some public places is rejected after a Labour minister called Plaid Cymru "a cheap date".

George Osborne announces a tax on sugary soft drinks, downgrades growth forecasts and warns of the risks of leaving the EU in his Budget.

Your views on the new tax on sugary soft drinks

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Nearly half of women who stop smoking during pregnancy take it up again as soon as they give birth, research in the journal Addiction shows.

Patients suffer irreversible sight loss because of NHS squeeze, says leading expert

Parents tell MPs that the cost of giving the meningitis B vaccine to more UK children would be justifiable and save lives.

Police forces say they are "unable" to enforce the new law banning smoking in cars carrying children as there is no ticketing system in place.

Get blood tests to hospital more quickly to speed up HIV diagnosis

Fifteen-year-old girls in Scotland face more pressure from schoolwork and report poorer health than their international counterparts, a new study finds.

Climate laws will be tightened to cut carbon emissions effectively to zero, the government says.

A patient died while waiting nearly a year for heart surgery because of unacceptable waiting times for tests, a watchdog says.

Girl Guides across the UK will be able to take a new badge in mental well-being and resilience from early next month.

There are not enough doctors to run a seven-day NHS in England, according to a leading doctor.

People who want to quit smoking are more likely to succeed, with advice and support, if they go "cold turkey" by stopping abruptly, a study shows.

Parents are to tell MPs why they think the Meningitis B vaccine should be given to all UK children up to the age of 11.

The chairman of the scandal-hit South East Coast Ambulance Service, Tony Thorne, resigns from his post.

The shortlist for the 2016 Wellcome Book Prize, which recognises books about health or illness, has been revealed.

Advertising junk food could soon be banned from children's content online, according to the UK's advertising watchdog.

A dog that apparently predicts her owner's post-traumatic stress attacks has been awarded a prize at Crufts in Birmingham.

European researchers have developed an artificial fingertip that provides tactile feedback.

Labour peer Joan Bakewell says she is "deeply sorry" for causing "distress" by suggesting the rise of eating disorders among teenagers was a sign of "narcissism" in society.